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Originally Posted by leinad
Ok thanks. How did you find the Grad. Cert course? Did you have background mathematics before enrolling?
They offer a bridging mathematics course which I might look at; or else where if it is not an external solution.
On average what is the overall cost of doing the Grad. cert?
Do these courses offer an opportunity to other fields of study as well; recognized pre-requisites ?
Thx
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I'm doing the masters degree course
Yes, I did, from some of my previous studies, although you can do it without the maths, as it's not a prerequisite. At the beginning of your course you are given the URL of a maths site in the UK which is basically revision for all higher maths (calculus, algebra, vectors, trig etc, etc) and you go through the modules for each week as a refresher. Here's the address to one of the modules...
http://www.mathcentre.ac.uk/students.../trigonometry/
The others are easy to get to from there
To do a subject, it costs $2510 per semester....however, you can get government assistance through FEE-HELP which pays for your fees. If you decide to do the JCU course, here's the address to the Centre for Astronomy....
http://www.jcu.edu.au/school/mathphys/astronomy/
and the address to the postgraduate help pages at JCU...
http://www.jcu.edu.au/future/money/JCUDEV_002097.html
That'll take you to the pages you need to look at.
Yes, you can go on from the grad cert to the masters and then the PhD or you could use it as extra points for another course. Or you can go straight into the masters and then go from there.